Window pocket and cover



(No Model.)

J. M. THORPE.

WINDOW POCKET AND GOVER.

Patented May 26, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JOSEPH IVL'THORPE, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

WINDOW POCKET AND COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,950, dated May 26,1896.

Application filed February 20, 1896. Serial No. 580,018. (No model.)

To alZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH M. THORPE, a citizen of the United States,residing at San J os, county of Santa Clara, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in \Vindow Pockets and Covers; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in the sash-pockets which areformed in windowstiles and in the covers therefor, and a method ofremovably securing the same in place.

It consists in the novel construction of the seat for the pocket-coverand the corresponding form of the cover whereby it is locked in place bythe act of insertion without further attachment or fastening and iseasily removable when desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a portion of thewindow casing or frame, showing the pocket-cover in position. Fig. 2shows the window-frame with the cover removed from the opening. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the cover itself.

A is the window-stile.

B is the stop, by which one of the sashes is retained in place upon oneside, and C is the parting-bead, which is fixed in acorrespondingly-shaped groove or channel between the two sashes.

The opening D, by which access is obtained to the weight-pocket, is cutwith a vertical side beneath the stop B and a parallel vertical sidewithin the channel, in which the parting-bead O fits.

The upper and lower ends of the opening are made diverging from theouter channel toward the parting-bead, and these upper and lower endsare cut to form a V-shaped groove in the thickness of the board, asplainly shown in Fig. 2, this V-shaped groove extending from one end tothe other of each diverging end of the opening.

The cover or closing plate F, which fits this opening, has the ends madewith corresponding V-shaped tongues, and the angle of divergence of theends corresponds with that of the ends of the opening, so that when thepocketcover is inserted in place the tongues fit the grooves and thusprevent the pocket-cover from being moved either outwardly or inwardly.

The pocket-cover is cut from the stile itself allow it to be lifted out.

by means of thin, sharp knives, which are so operated as to make thediverging cuts at the opposite ends, and these cuts are made from theopposite sides of the stile and at angles meeting approximately near thecenter, so that the tongue and groove of the pocket-cover and theopening in which it fits are formed in the making of these diverging endcuts. The two parallel longitudinal channels being also out to meet theends of the diverging end cuts, the cover will be loose and can beremoved by moving it in the direction of its longest side that is, intothe longitudinal groove or channel which is formed in the parting-beadslot. This movement carries the pocket-cover far enough away from itsseat to disengage the tongues from the grooves of the seat, and thusWhen it is replaced, it is introduced close to the edge of the inner orparting-bead channel, and is then pushed toward the narrower side of theopening, when the tongues and grooves will interlock. The parting-beadbeing then put in place, the pocket-cover will be locked firmly andcannot be moved either out or in, or sidewise.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A pocketed window-stile and pocket-piece formed in the same board, thestile-opening being formed with ends diverging from one side toward theother, said ends and the ends of the cover being formed by V-shaped cutsmade from opposite sides and intersecting each other on linesintermediate between the opposite sides of the board, whereby tonguesand grooves are formed upon the diverging ends, and longitudinalvertical channels cut through the board whereby the cover is separatedand is movable edgewise to disengage the tongues and grooves when movedin one direction and to engage and lock them when moved in the oppositedirection, and a parting-bead fitting a corresponding channel oppositeand in contact with the longest edge of the cover whereby it is lockedin position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOS. M. THORPE.

Witnesses:

H. W. STEPHENS, J. M. OKEEFE.

